john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, richard berg, john corpora, tom coburn, johnson of wisconsin. this was a collection of people that may not have ever expected a chance to sit with the president, but they all went to the jefferson hotel, a very nice establishment, just a few blocks from the white house, to have a productive dinner, those were the early reports from the senators. sobel reports suggest the president has invited the house budget committee chairman paul ryan to the white house to continue this out reached to republicans. apparently, they're trying to get a grand compromise orchestrated and perhaps approved later this year regarding fiscal matters, regarding entitlement reform, tax reform, maybe changes to sequestration, and making sure there's a real budget that gets passed in the coming months. host: finally, one other congressional issue, the house passed the continuing resolution last night. or yesterday. guest: they did, by helping martin, which now comes to the senate. it's expected they will mark that up next week. are significant concerns among senate democr